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What Causes Pain Below The Breast Post Recovering From Pneumonia?

I have been home from the hospital for about two weeks from pneumonia and an infection. I was placed on 8-10 hours of bed rest. I still have a cough but now I am experiencing pain on my right side just below my breast. Does this have to do with pneumonia. I have had it about three days.
posted on Tue, 5 Jan 2016
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i Understand your concern. based on the presentation and my opinion i think the pain is due to prolonged coughing as a consequence of pneumonia. It may have caused your intercostal muscles (of the chest) to have strained a lot. It could also be due to irritation of pleura due to infection.

Just to be on the safer side i would advice you to visit a chest physician and request for a chest x-ray to see the changes due to pneumonia.
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What Causes Pain Below The Breast Post Recovering From Pneumonia?

i Understand your concern. based on the presentation and my opinion i think the pain is due to prolonged coughing as a consequence of pneumonia. It may have caused your intercostal muscles (of the chest) to have strained a lot. It could also be due to irritation of pleura due to infection. Just to be on the safer side i would advice you to visit a chest physician and request for a chest x-ray to see the changes due to pneumonia.